Redditors Photoshop Budget-Friendly ‘Star Wars’ Costumes

The cosplay competition among Star Wars fans is insane. With $900 Stormtrooper suits, $300 lightsaber replicas, and Queen Amidala makeup tutorials that will take you years to master, it’s hard for a humble Star Wars fan to get dressed up without feeling judged.

Unless you’re one of these four guys, who just don’t give a shit.

From left to right, meet Han Solo with a cardboard gun, a Stormtrooper with a squished face, an R2-D2/C-3PO hybrid with an iron strapped to his chest, and, umm, trash bag Anakin?

Reddit user MissionGoggles

After user MissionGoggles (far right) posted this photo to the Pics community, redditors celebrated the quartet as countercultural icons—their flip-flops kicking sand in the face of high-priced merchandise and laborious cosplay.

Soon, they became immortalized as the premiere subjects of their very own Photoshop Battle.

If you’re not familiar with Photoshop Battles, here’s how they work: A random photo is presented. Anybody in the community can participate. All you need to do is edit the image as you please and submit your work in the comments section.

First, user mmajrlk82 advertised the battle with a high-quality poster to be plastered on every open wall in America:

Reddit user mmajrlk82

But redditor workingat7 thought one of the characters belonged in a different blockbuster:

Unfortunately, the “budget” Stormtrooper had a little trouble fitting in with the rest of the Imperial soldiers:

“Getting called in to work on your day off.” (Reddit user 2Thebreezes)

Meanwhile, the other three fans found that their costumes were convincing enough to help them pass unnoticed—as the stunt doubles from Spaceballs:

Reddit user RandomDKguy

So MissionGoggles and his flip-flop-wearing friends might not have the most accurate costumes, but at least the gang celebrated the new Star Wars film without breaking the bank—and they may’ve found a new friend in the process.

Turns out there’s another fan out there who prefers making his own costumes, using whatever materials he has lying around the house.

Levitt-Gordon Joseph his name is. Newest member of this group he might be:

“Entourage.” (Reddit user davepollotart)

Earlier this week, Gordon-Levitt’s red-carpet appearance as a pajama-clad, beanie-wearing Yoda actually earned him his own Photoshop Battle—where redditors transformed the charming Jedi into everything from Shrek:

Reddit user milk-maid

To the Grinch:

Reddit user RyBagtheGreat

To the Hulk:

Reddit user Cmatthewman

And even Mike Wazowski, the little green eyeball from Monsters, Inc.:

Reddit user thenamesfucky

So the next time you go out in your officially licensed costume and see someone wearing a collection of household objects that almost look like a thing, withhold your judgment for a moment—and try to see the world of potential hidden in those trash bags and flip-flops.